The Council’s 2018 Winter Meeting featured a luncheon held at The Beach Club in Palm Beach FL on Friday, February 13, 2018. Seen at the event were (from left) Council President-Emeritus Michael J. Gibbons; Norman Houston, Director of the Northern Ireland Office in Washington DC; Former Taoiseach (Prime Minister of Ireland) Enda Kenny TD; Council President, Brian W. Stack; Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States, Dan Mulhall who was a Guest Speaker at the Lunch.

Also speaking at the Council’s 2018 Winter Meeting was John McLaughlin of McLaughlin & Associates, who ran the polling operations for the Trump Presidential Campaign – pictured here with Enda Kenny.

Dublin 2017 December Member-Guest Reception

Seen at this year’s Ireland-U.S. Council December Member-Guest Reception held Wednesday, December 13 in Dublin were (from left): Guest Speaker, Eamonn Brennan, Director-General of Eurocontrol, an international air traffic management agency across Europe with 41 member states which is headquartered in Brussels, Belgium; Alan Molloy of Aer Lingus who sponsored the occasion; Guest Speaker Reece Smyth, Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Dublin and Council Ireland Chapter President Dr. Michael Somers.

The Ireland-U.S. Council presents its

Award for Outstanding Achievement in 2017

to Bernard Byrne, Chief Executive of AIB Group

The Ireland-U.S. Council presented its Award for Outstanding Achievement in
2017 to Bernard Byrne, Chief Executive of AIB Group, one of Ireland’s most
important banking institutions which has undergone a dramatic restructuring and
been nursed back to financial health under his stewardship. The award was a
highlight of the Council’s 55th Annual Dinner held at the Metropolitan Club in New
York City on Thursday, November 9, 2017. Seen at the presentation were (from
left ) Ireland-U.S. Council Board Member Dr. John Fitzpatrick, Chief Executive of
Fitzpatricks Hotels; Bernard Byrne and Brian W. Stack, the President of the
Council.

Council Golf Day in Ireland

The Ireland-U.S. Council's 2017 Golf Day in Ireland was held at Dún Laoghaire Golf Club in Enniskerry, County Wicklow, near Dublin, on Friday, September 8. The event was staged and enjoyed by the full-field contingent of members and their guests and was sponsored by Northern Trust Bank and Aer Lingus. Seen at the presentation to the winning team were (from left) Mick Galvin, Diarmuid Hogan, Council Executive Director Roddy Feely, Stephen Walsh and Kieron Hogan. The Winners’ Prize Baskets were sponsored by Council member Kevin Tuck of Alltech.

Council Golf Day in New York

The Connie Doolan Memorial Trophy sponsored by Guinness was again won by the team of 2EVentures - a Council Sustaining Member company headed by Mick Tuohy. Seen at the prize-giving presentation were (from left): Owen Higgins of Guinness; Council Sustaining Member Mick Tuohy; Bobby Collins, Paul Coughlin and Council Treasurer Kieran Claffey joined by Council President Brian W. Stack.

Council’s Gala MidSummer Dinner in Dublin Castle

Features Award for Outstanding Portraiture

Seen at the presentation of this year’s Ireland-U.S. Council Award for Outstanding Portraiture at the Council’s Midsummer Gala Dinner on Friday, June 30, 2017 in Dublin Castle were (from left): Ciaran Harvey who manages Prudential Financial's operations in Ireland; Dr. Lydia Lynch, one of the scientists featured in the painting who accepted on behalf of Blaise Smith, the winning artist; Council Ireland Chapter President Dr. Michael Somers; Sonja Perkins, Publisher of The Irish Arts Review and Anne Nolan, Chair of the Irish Aviation Authority, who co-sponsored the evening.

The award, which is an important part of the Council’s program to support the arts and arts education in Ireland, is presented in Ireland to an artist whose work is judged to be of outstanding merit. The artist, Blaise Smith, had earlier been presented with the Council’s €5,000 Euro ($6,500) award bursary for his winning portrait which was on display at the event.

2017 Student Work Experience Scholarships Presented at Council Lunch in New York

The Council’s 2017 Student Work Experience Scholarships awards luncheon was held at The Metropolitan Club in New York City on Thursday, June 8. Seen at the presentations event were (from left) Shane Cahill, Ireland’s Deputy Consul General in New York; Niall Condon, Pfizer’s VP for Worldwide Manufacturing; 2017 Ireland-U.S. Council Scholar Claire Riordan, who hails from Killorglin, County Kerry; Council President, Brian W. Stack with Pfizer’s Carmel Keane.
Read more about this year's Scholarship recipients.

Brexit and its Impact on Companies in Ireland is Topic at

Ireland-U.S. Council 2017 Spring Corporate Lunch in Dublin

The 2017 Spring Corporate Lunch hosted by the Ireland-U.S. Council was held at The InterContinental Hotel in Dublin April 7. The lunch featured remarks by the Lucinda Creighton, Chief Executive of Vulcan Consulting. She is a former Minister of State for European Affairs in the Government of Ireland.

Seen at the event were (from left) Dr, Michael J. Somers, Council Ireland Chapter President; Derek Collins of Bank of Ireland; Lucinda Creighton; and Alan Molloy of Aer Lingus. The event was sponsored by Bank of Ireland Corporate Banking and by Aer Lingus.

Business Summit on Ireland-U.S. Economic Relations

Held in New York March 2017

Seen at the opening night dinner of the Business Summit on Ireland-U.S. Economic Relations held in New York City March 15 were (from left) Dennis Swanson, President-Emeritus of the Ireland-U.S. Council; Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management & Budget who was the Guest Speaker; Brian Stack, Council President; and Danny McCoy, Chief Executive of Ibec, who were joint hosts of the Business Summit with the Ireland-U.S. Council.

Ireland-U.S. Council's 2017 Winter Meeting
in Palm Beach, Florida

Seen at the Ireland-U.S. Council's 2017 Winter Meeting in Palm Beach, Florida was the Guest Speaker Brian Burns, the next United States Ambassador to Ireland, expected to be confirmed soon for the post by the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Seen at the Ireland-U.S. Council's 2017 Winter Meeting in Palm Beach, Florida were (from left) Shane Stephens, Consul General for Ireland for the Southeast United States; Michael J. Gibbons, Chairman of the 2017 Winter Meeting; Brian W. Stack, President of the Ireland-U.S. Council; Guest Speaker Brian Burns, the next United States Ambassador to Ireland, expected to be confirmed soon for the post by the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Council's Member-Guest Reception
Held in Dublin December 15

U.S. Ambassador to Ireland Kevin O'Malley holds on to the Sam Maguire Cup - currently held by All-Ireland Football Champions Dublin
which was on display at the Council reception - with Yvonne Muldoon, Sales Director of Aer Lingus who sponsored the event and Roddy Feely, Council Executive Director.

Also seen at the Council Reception were Ireland Chapter Council President Dr. Michael Somers, Guest Speaker Danny McCoy, Chief Executive of Ibec, Ireland's most prestigious business organization with Yvonne Muldoon of Aer Lingus.

Council’s 54th Annual Dinner
held at the Metropolitan Club in New York

The Ireland-U.S. Council presented its Award for Outstanding Achievement in 2016 to Willie Walsh,
Chief Executive of International Airlines Group, one of the world’s most successful aviation industry companies.
The award was the highlight of the Council’s 54th Annual Dinner held at the Metropolitan Club in New York City on Thursday, November 10, 2016.
Seen at the presentation were (from left ) Ireland-U.S. Council Board Member Diarmuid Hogan, Chief Executive of Global Excess Partners;
Willie Walsh, Brian W. Stack, the President of the Council and Barbara Koster, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Prudential Financial, Inc. and a Board Member of the Council.

2016 Ireland Golf Day

The Ireland-U.S. Council's 2016 Golf Day was held at Dún Laoghaire Golf Club on the outskirts of Dublin on Friday September 9. For ten years, the weather for this event had been beautiful – not so the past two years. However, despite inclement weather the event was staged and enjoyed by the full-field contingent of members and their guests. The Golf Day was sponsored by Northern Trust Bank and United Airlines. Seen at the presentation to the winning team were (from left) Michael Stone, Kevin Tuck of Alltech who sponsored the Prize Baskets, Roddy Feely who is the Council Executive Director, Pat Gilroy who is a Board Member of the Council with team-mate Tom Costello.

Welcome to the website of the Ireland-U.S. Council. Our
mission is to build business links between America and Ireland. This site contains
detailed information on the organization's programs
and activities in both the United States and in the Emerald
Isle.

We value your interest in the mission of the Council and always welcome new members. We hope that you find the answers here to any questions you
may have about us. If not, please contact us and we
will be happy to tell you more.

President's Message

It was back in 1962 that, in preparation for the visit of President John F. Kennedy
to Ireland the following year, two organizations were created as a measure to build
institutional form around a structure to improve the relations between America and
Ireland.

One was dedicated to cultural relations - the American Irish Foundation, which has
since merged into the American Ireland Fund. Your Council was the other and was
aimed at building business bonds between America and Ireland.

We cherish the shared commitments that connect us to our Council mission. During
the past year, the Council has enjoyed outstanding support from members and from
many benefactors, patrons and sponsors. On behalf of the Council's Board and the
entire membership of the organization throughout the United States and in all parts
of Ireland, we offer thanks for the support we continue to receive.